MARUM - The Ocean in the Earth System
Marum - The Ocean in the Earth System (proper spelling: MARUM ) is a cluster of excellence of the DFG at the University of Bremen . Located at the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Marum, scientists from various disciplines work together.
Research field
The Marum is particularly concerned with the geology of the seabed . Hot springs of more than 400 degrees Celsius such as black smokers , methane leaks , mud volcanoes and other sources are examined . The projects are carried out in an international network and integrated into international projects. Climate and ocean , interactions between geological, biological and chemical processes as well as the dynamics of sedimentation processes in the sea form the focus of the research of the cluster. Modern technologies are used on ship expeditions and laboratory work.
Institutions involved
The cluster is mainly served by the Marum, but other institutions also belong to the working group. The following departments and institutes of the University of Bremen as well as non-university institutions participate in the Marum.
University of Bremen - Department of Geosciences
- General Geology - Marine Geology ( Gerhard Bohrmann )
- General Geology - Marine Geology ( Gerold Wefer )
- Geochemistry and Hydrogeology ( Thomas Pichler )
- Geodynamics of the polar regions ( Cornelia Spiegel-Behnke )
- Geosystem modeling ( Michael Schulz )
- Historical Geology - Paleontology ( Helmut Willems )
- Isotope Geochemistry ( Simone Kasemann )
- Crystallography ( Reinhard X. Fischer )
- Marine geophysics ( Tilo von Dorbenck )
- Marine geotechnics ( Achim Kopf )
- Marine engineering geology ( Tobias Mörz )
- Marine technology - sensor technology ( Heinrich Villinger )
- Marine technology - environmental research ( Volkhard Spieß )
- Modeling of sedimentation processes ( Katrin Huhn )
- Organic geochemistry ( Kai-Uwe Hinrichs , "AG Hinrichs")
- Petrology of the ocean crust ( Wolfgang Bach )
- Sedimentology - Paleoceanography ( Rüdiger Henrich )
University of Bremen - Department of Physics
- Oceanography Department - Institute for Environmental Physics ( Monika Rhein )
- Institute for Environmental Physics ( John Philip Burrows and Justus Notholt )
University of Bremen - Department of Biology / Chemistry
- Marine chemistry with a focus on trace analysis of marine constituents ( Wolfgang Balzer )
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
- Biological Oceanography ( Victor Smetacek )
- Dynamics of the paleoclimate ( Gerrit Lohmann )
- Marine Life Sciences ( Dieter Wolf-Gladrow )
- Marine Geochemistry ( Michael Schlüter )
- Marine Geology and Paleontology ( Ralf Tiedemann )
Jacobs University
- Computational Science & Computer Science ( Lars Linsen )
- Geosciences ( Michael Bau )
- Geosciences ( Andrea Koschinsky-Fritsche )
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPI)
- Department of Molecular Ecology ( Rudolf Amann )
- Biogeochemistry group ( Tim Ferdelman )
- WG Microbial Habitats ( Antje Boetius )
- AG Nutrient Cycling ( Marcel Kuypers )
- Ecophysiology group ( Heide Schulz-Vogt )
- Symbiosis group ( Nicole Dubilier )
Senckenberg Institute by the Sea (SNG)
- Marine Research Department ( André Freiwald )
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT)
- Hildegard Westphal (Head of the ZMT)